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A case report of intractable pyoderma gangrenosum treated with negative-pressure wound therapy Volume 32, issue 1, January-February 2022

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Tianjin Medical University, Department of Dermatology and Venereology, Tianjin 300020, China
a These authors contributed equally

Pyoderma gangrenosum is a rare and severe chronic inflammatory skin disease, characterized by recurrent, painful and necrotic ulcers, which is often accompanied by underlying systemic diseases. There is no standardized treatment protocol for this disease at present; hence, a cure remains a challenge [1]. In this article, we report a case of recurrent intractable pyoderma gangrenosum successfully treated with negative-pressure wound therapy (NPWT).The patient was a 58-year-old man, who presented with [...]